Robert Shields (mime)
E716392
Robert Shields is an American mime and comedian best known as half of the 1970s–80s performance duo Shields and Yarnell, famed for their robotic mime characters and television appearances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Shields (mime) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8177297 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Shields (mime) Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Robert Shields (mime)]
-
A.
Wayne Morris
Wayne Morris was an American film actor best known for his roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies and later for his service as a decorated World War II naval aviator.
-
B.
Irwin Corey
Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his improvisational, stream-of-consciousness style and his long-running persona as “The World’s Foremost Authority.”
-
C.
Marshall Flinkman
Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
-
D.
Marvin Shaouni
Marvin Shaouni is a music producer best known for his work on Kid Rock’s hit single “All Summer Long.”
-
E.
Gil Doud
Gil Doud was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, particularly war and action dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Shields (mime) Target entity description: Robert Shields is an American mime and comedian best known as half of the 1970s–80s performance duo Shields and Yarnell, famed for their robotic mime characters and television appearances.
-
A.
Wayne Morris
Wayne Morris was an American film actor best known for his roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies and later for his service as a decorated World War II naval aviator.
-
B.
Irwin Corey
Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his improvisational, stream-of-consciousness style and his long-running persona as “The World’s Foremost Authority.”
-
C.
Marshall Flinkman
Marshall Flinkman is a quirky, brilliant tech expert and gadget inventor from the television series "Alias," known for providing high-tech support to the show's spies.
-
D.
Marvin Shaouni
Marvin Shaouni is a music producer best known for his work on Kid Rock’s hit single “All Summer Long.”
-
E.
Gil Doud
Gil Doud was an American screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films, particularly war and action dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American entertainer
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ mime artist ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
mime
ⓘ
physical comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| medium |
live performance
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| memberOf | Shields and Yarnell ⓘ |
| name | Robert Shields ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | robotic mime characters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
robotic mime performances
ⓘ
television appearances in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Shields and Yarnell ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ mime artist ⓘ |
| partnerInDuoWith | Lorene Yarnell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Robert Shields (mime) Description of subject: Robert Shields is an American mime and comedian best known as half of the 1970s–80s performance duo Shields and Yarnell, famed for their robotic mime characters and television appearances.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.